Sale Yards Park (Southland) Athol, South Island, New Zealand
By Ashsal on 31-Oct-09. Waypoint GC20MM5

TfTC

Last day geocaching in Te Anau, Easy find TFTC.

Day 18 of our Enzed adventures with Robmc and today we left Te Anau and travelled to Queenstown caching along the way. Not before collecting some delicious muffins at the Merchant Store.The weather is looking very promising and the scenery was pretty good too.Thanks for contributing to our amazing holiday Ashsal

Day eighteen of our epic New Zealand Adventure with The Morris.Traveling from Te Anau to Queenstown, with just a few caches done.Cloud over the mountains, but no rain today.I took one side of the wall, and The Morris took the other.I scored the lucky side.Not keen on looking in these walls, I have seen walls destroyed by geocachers.Thanks, Robmc.

Day 6 in New Zealand First morning in Owaka so picking up a few around the region. First Mataura then Gore. Im not one to whine about caches but . Why anyone would put it on the house side is beyond me, but there it was. I guess. Maybe the same thinking that has a rectangular rock as a square marker. Done My first overseas trip ever started off eventful with my tree fishing pole joining me in Brisbane on a later flight after deciding not to travel with me initially, but all sorted and the trip has been stress free since checking out the stunning scenery and picking up caches of various sorts. Went caching with the Qld + 1 crew while in Dunedin but finished up and headed south with GCoven on my way to fly out back to Townsville Australia via Invercargill Thanks Ashsal for placing this Traditional for me to convert into a smilie

Nor found

Very nice area to visit found the cache good hint tftc

Found reasonably quick when we switched what side of the wall thank you

Mom found it when I went to the toilet good one tho

2nd attempt, lots of rocks but I didnt find THE ONE

DNF today is a great wee spot though

Quick find heading towards Kingston for a trip on the Flyer, TFTC

TFTC

Quick find on our way to Wanaka, kids played in the playground while we found the cache, tftc

Such a cute little place. My fav spot here is the cafe covered in red leaves. Were out on a family outing today. 3 generations out caching 3 from Queenstown, 2 from Tokoroa and one from Norfolk Island.

Found and logd. Thans for hiding.

Day 10 of our roadtrip around the south island with Blue Jay. Today we drove from Te Anau to Queenstown in cold & windy weather but still managed to pick up several caches along the way. This was one of them.TFTC. Toffee Man.

Aaahhghhh - a dry stone wall no way were allowed to place caches in these in Ireland. Thankfully it was a quick find with no damage inflicted We also acknowledge the traditional custodians of New Zealand / Aoteroa, as we geocache throughout their land while on holiday.Thanks for showing us this place, & for placing and maintaining this cache. The is our playground

Another cache found today, I'm on my way to Queenstown, and grabbing a few leap day caches. Everything is looking good here - TFTC

Found when stopping here to check out the shop. Thanks to a previous cacher for the helpful photo! TFTC from the UK.

Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 58 - Te Anau, Fiordland - Lake Hawea, South Island, Nov Zland (asi 250 km) M rozvaovn, zda a kam pojedu lod po jezee, ukonilo rno poas. Zcela edo, d a 9C ! Tolik je te pr u ns doma taky. Tak jsem to zabalila a vydala se na cestu do hor k dalm jezerm. Kolem poledne se natst trochu vyasilo a teplota stoupla na 11, ale a do veera byly pehky stdan ovem sluncem. Dokonila jsem cestu po Southern Scenic Route u msta Queenstown a pokraovala dl po Alpine Scenic Route, super silnic plnou zatek. Hory jsou vude kolem a vysok, nkde le na vrcholu i snh. A jezera jsou pln filmov. Zelen i modr, obrovsk a vlastn bez civilizace. Mstn obce jsou jen obydlen kiovatky na cest a v jedn takov byla keka v ikonickm hotelu Cardrone s hospodou. Hned bych tu zstala. Skvl atmosfra, vude hoely krby, lid se povalovali v sedakch a pili vno. Jen jdelnek m zase zklamal - burgry, tacos, fish and chips a podobn. Od takovho podniku bych tedy ekala fakt vc, teba ryby z tch jezer nebo zvinu z okolnch kopc nebo aspo peen jehn, kdy jsou tu ty ovce vude. To prost nechpu. Zajmav je, e na Zland pili osadnci z cel Evropy, ale sv kulinsk zvyky nechali doma. Odpoledne se u daly lovit i keky, tak jsem obas zastavila na vyhldce i u njak zajmavosti a v podveer dojela do Lake Hawea, co je nzev krsnho jezera a taky pr dom okolo. J mm velkou chatu v lesku u jezera, kterou na tu jednu noc ani moc nevyuiju. Dalo by se tu pr dn pobt. Vait se mi nechtlo, zajela jsem si k tm pr domm do nejlepho mstnho hotelu s jedinou restaurac. Vbr opt stejn, tak dolo na steak. Byl vborn, ale dala bych krlovstv za hovz vvar s nudlemi, flk toho vaenho hovzho z polvky s msou duenho pentu a hlavn s vaenmi bramborami ! Nebo za panlskho ptka s r i rotnky. Vaen brambory tu vbec nevedou, pouze hranolky nebo smaen brambory. Ani lososa, kterch jsou tu pln jezera, nemli. U mm toho jednotvrnho jdla dost. A to se snam si jdelnek oivit vlastn ppravou. Na vt vaen ale nemm as. Taky jsem se dnes nachladila a tak piju u 4. aj a vezmu si Modafen a pjdu si lehnout.It was raining until lunch and it was very cold, only 9C. Then the weather improved slightly and I was able to find some caches along the way. Today I continued along the Southern Scenic Route from Te Anau to Queenstown and then the Alpine Scenic Route to Lake Hawea. The roads were really scenic and I enjoyed the ride. Thanks everyone for the caches and greetings from the Czech Republic.

Once I pulled away correct rock had cache in hand. TFTC

GPS slightly off, but nice cache!

Dieser Cache konnte heute erfolgreich geloggt werden.Danke an den owner fr's legen und pflegen TFTC Schmerzbefreit

Another small but charming village - I was concerned approaching GZ but it turned out to all be straightforward and a quick find. T4tc

What a cute little town. We enjoyed seeing the tiny school and church.Cache was found easily.

Stopped here to pick up lunch at Athol Shop

A quick find and I was very careful here as I didnt want to wreck the wall. The nearby book bench intrigued me and I will never get home to Christchurch at this rate

Quick find on a comfort stop TFTC

Found thanks

Trouvaille effectue durant notre voyage en Nouvelle-Zlande. Nous avons sjourn dans les villes suivantes: Auckland, National Park, Wellington, Upper Moutere, Greymouth, Franz Joseph, Wanaka, Te Anau, Queenstown et Lake Tekapo. Nous avons crois des gens sympathiques et trs serviables. La nature est formidable. Nous avons observ des paysages magnifiques. Nous en garderons un merveilleux souvenir.La trouvaille de cette cache a agrment notre parcours. Merci **Ashsal** d'avoir plac cette cache. Salutations de la Ville de Qubec, Qubec, Canada.=====================Find made during our trip to New Zealand. We stayed in the following cities: Auckland, National Park, Wellington, Upper Moutere, Greymouth, Franz Joseph, Wanaka, Te Anau, Queenstown and Lake Tekapo. We met friendly and very helpful people. Nature is wonderful. We observed magnificent landscapes. We will keep wonderful memories of it.The find of this cache enhanced our journey. Thank you **Ashsal** for placing this cache.Greetings from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.Archimde & Eureka!12514

A lot of rocks to pull, but still not too hard. Container really full, old logbook soaking wet, should maybe removed by owner. TFTC

Tftc

??

Snack stop here to take in the snow covered mountains and appreciate NZ cheese month. TFTC

Thanks

Travelling to central Otago, stopped to find this great cache.tftc

??

Beautiful old church nearby. Easy find

Tftc

Got it!

Quick and easy find!
Thanks mate

Another find on to e way to Kingston - 3rd cache of the day

With rebel98, I am finding a few caches he found a few years ago when he came this way with a group of westies 15/2/20

It's my time to catch up. Happy to find thanks

Easy find with the boys biking this morning

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czechia.

I took my time, replaced several small keys finally found 17 meters from Gz

Day 3 on our holiday in New Zealand. On the way from Twizel to Te Anau, we also visited this traditional cache, found it, and signed the logbook.



***T4T$ - Many Thanks to Ashsal for hiding and maintaining the cache.*** ️

On the Round the Mountains cycle trail and today started from Athol. A really great ride. TFTC

From Pretoria South Africa.
TFTC.
Found with VinnigeVoete

Already found caches in the following countries:
1 South Africa, 2 New Zealand, 3 Australia, 4 USA, 5 Spain, 6 Portugal,
7 Latvia, 8 Estonia,
9 Finland, 10 Andorra,
11 Antigua and Barbuda,
12 Saint Lucia, 13 St Kitts, 14 Netherlands Antilles,
15 Qatar, 16 Mozambique, 17 Swaziland, 18 France,
19 Belgium, 20 Italy,
21 Croatia, 22 Montenegro,
23 Greece, 24 Slovenia,
25 Netherlands
26 Botswana, 27 Namibia, 28 Russia, 29 Turkey,
30 Zambia, 31 Tanzania,
32 Kenya,, 33 Rwanda,
34 Uganda, 35 Malawi,
36 Zimbabwe,
37 Singapore , 38 UK England, 39 Ireland, 40 Germany, 41 Zchekia, 42 Poland, 43 Austria, 44 Hungary, 45 Slovakia, 46 Liechtenstein, 47 Switzerland, 48 Luxembourg 49 Mexico

Found with BoertjieRSA.
Thanks for the cache.

Today I drove from Te Anau to Kingston. To shorten the drive a bit (or to delay hours) I took the opportunity to pick up some caches. Thank you.

Coffee stop at nearby cafe where had the most delicious ginger slice (best ever). Thought would be like looking for a needle in a haystack with this one but thankfully first choice was the right one TFTC

After 10 minutes of hunting, we spotted the odd one out and found the well-hidden cache. TFTC

Easy find, tftc!

Quick find, TFTC!

Nice find combined with a loo stop.

Thank you for a great cache!

thank you

Found it after a while a bit hard but with some detective skills I found it

Random asf

Shit Yeah, Birthday find whilst on the Wood choppers southern circuit tour. TFTC

My partner, child and I. Found this on our first day living in the beautiful athol

Fun fun thanks

Quick find after a roadside lunch stop. Love the rock wall. TFTC

Hint very helpful, quick find. TFTC

A case of wandering back & forth until a likely stone was found . It didn't take long to find the cache. Thanks for placing this t.

Team SAKA!

A wee hunt for this one but cache eventually located.

Located after a bit of hunting. Tftc

Nice placeFound on the way back to Queenstown Greetings from the Czech Republic and thanks for the cache.
Díky za keš.
16:53
Moje 4450

Nice hide

Danke

tftc (:

Tftc

Ruru-NZ and I are or have been on Stewart Island doing the Geotour caches as a priority but any others found are a bonus for me.

When I saw this I said we give it 5 minutes to find well it seems I used up 2 and a half. Well spotted me as I was standing right in front of it.

Kiwicampnut and I finally managed to coordinate ourselves having been over to the island we have finished my PWGT5 caches and making good progress on hers while finding others along the way.
Knowing this was a tricky one, and with 2 recent DNFs we gave ourselves just 5min looking. I started the timer and just 2min and 15sec later got a found it. As I vaguely recalled, the hint object is a sesame street object - one of these thing is not like the others...

Thanks for the cache Ashsal
23 October 2022 9:55 am

Might have been muggled

No luck for us today.
Pulled put a lot of square shaped rocks but not the one we needed

On a ‘party bus” to ride the Kingston flyer. Quick stop. Tftc

Really good location and not too hard to find, fun on the way to queenstown! Quite a quick find.

Didn't think I'd find this one but was a nice quick find

Hmmmm.... Not sure about this one.

Nice quick find. TFTC.

Road trip from Rotorua North Island. Another South island cache found.
Took a bit to find this one. Hmmmm not a rock, but it is square.
#302

I looked for this some time ago but was heavy dew and feet were getting soaked so gave up. Back today and a quick find. Sure I picked that stone up last time.

Not hard to spot. TFTC

So many square stones. If it wasn’t for previous logs and the pile of stones we wouldn’t have found it as the GPS was taking us to the wrong part of the wall. Cache container getting full with the added log papers. TFTC.

This really needs the log book replaced.

Arrived at Athol on the cycle trail from Lumsden to the very comfortable Mataura Lodge. Time to ride back for a couple of caches. Thanks to additional hints on other logs soon found. I left the old damp full log in the warm breeze while I biked off for Golden Gate Bridge nearby.
But full logbook needs replacing. The little additions will soon fill up.
But TFTC CO. I hope you are still caching and able to maintain it.

Quick search and find here on our way to te anau tftc

Nice easy find for us today.
Tftc

Quickly found after having lunch at this little park. Heading to Te Anau and tomorrow Milford Sound.
Thanks for hiding.

Just finished the Milford Track. Heading north again. TFTC

Making our way south and enjoying the quiet roads, weather has been amazing, thanks for the placement.

Haha we parked 100m away, then realised we were in the wrong spot and it was going to be a little trickier than expected. Spotted by an eagle eyed Mr 11. Tftc

We were not pleased about where this cache was located. In the UK geocaches are not allowed to be hidden in dry stone walls and I think it should be the rule here too. Anyway, the cache was at the back of the wall and well marked with a pile of stones so hopefully, geocachers will not do too much damage to the wall while searching.

We arrived in Athol intending to have lunch and a good big pot of tea in one of the cafes and support the local economy - imagine our dismay when we found both cafes closed! So we ended up at the picnic table in this Saleyards park, thankful that it was a fine warm day so pleasant to be outside. We did carry our lunch, but we had been dreaming of cafe food! Tararua biscuits with salami and cheese, sweet Tararua biscuit with butter and jam, oranges to follow. No drinking water available except from the toilet handbasin, so we refilled our drink bottles there.

Cache is in the drystone wall, unfortunately. Halfway along, on side that hall is on. Have left small cairn on ground below so people can find quickly without removing other stones from wall.

TFTC

I avoided taking the wrong stone. Tftc